So, their government ignored multiple warnings from one or more of India's intelligence agencies, and then went on to ignore warnings from their own intelligence agency. I cannot believe that a tragedy of this proportion has happened, and could have rather been averted if only their government did something about these warnings.

An investigation should be carried out by an independent agency, and a report made available on why their government ignored these warnings, because this is no small matter. But given their corrupt government and their abysmal human rights records (civil war), I think that absolutely nothing will be done.

their government ignored multiple warnings from one or more of India's intelligence agencies

No, none of the articles/news said the warnings were "ignored". But SL certainly did fail to avert the attacks. And it was not just Indian intelligence, they were told of active extremists networks there and imminent attacks months before by several other agencies as well.

And I really hope they didn't just ignore those warnings. Because if they did, there must be legal consequences upon them.

Citation needed. From what I know, they only accepted their failure to avert the attacks despite of having been given specific warnings.

GKP1992 wrote:

The SL president has asked the Defense secretary and the police chief to resign.

The President is holding the defence portfolio there and doesn't go well with the Prime Minister and said the warnings were not passed up to him. I could't find any reference that directly said the security officials who received the warning completely ignored them and didn't do anything.

I really hope you to be wrong about this because if that's true, it would mean a complete end-to-end system failure that the victims paid heavy price for. It's horrible in all ways.

Sri Lankan authorities received a warning from Indian intelligence about possible attacks on April 4, and that this information was shared at a Security Council meeting, chaired by President Maithripala Sirisena, on April 7 but was not shared further.

And I really hope they didn't just ignore those warnings. Because if they did, there must be legal consequences upon them

This isn't a country that plays by the rules. They committed genocides during their civil war, and murdered children in cold blood. Kinda hard to bring upon any "legal consequences" upon them when their government itself is a sham.

This isn't a country that plays by the rules. They committed genocides during their civil war, and murdered children in cold blood. Kinda hard to bring upon any "legal consequences" upon them when their government itself is a sham.

It is strange that churches were targeted in this attack, considering all the violence against Muslims by Buddhist extremists. They could have waited until the Vesak celebrations, which would have wrought more destruction.

The country's economy should have improved much more than it has since the end of the long civil war, but the government has only been getting us deeper into debt and giving away progressively bigger pieces of the country to China.

Now the ISIS is conveniently attacking the country, so that everyone will be distracted and will stop paying too much attention to the real issues at hand. It looks like we have gotten ourselves a new bogeyman.

Of course there will be no evidence and an independent investigation will undoubtedly be denied, but I'd really love to see, for instance, what the forensic evidence at the attack sites would uncover.

(posting from puppet account created after social media was blocked, and voicing opinions like this is slightly risky anyway)

I've been to Sri Lanka, and was awestruck at just how beautiful it was with lush greenery, abundant supply of fresh water, amazing wildlife, and all the natural resources one could ask for. It's quite sad to see it being ruined by corrupt political leaders.